Flying over aerophobia: Fighting battles in the mindAerophobia is increasing among air travellers in India. Recent incidents have heightened anxiety. Airlines and airports are taking steps to...
16 Aug, 2025, 11.00 PM IST
The buzz in the pilot’s ear: What happens when you ignore aeroplane modeA commercial pilot has cleared the air on why passengers are still asked to switch their phones to aeroplane mode during flights. Though ph...
24 Jul, 2025, 08.48 AM IST
AI171 crew deserves fact-driven investigation, not conjecture, says AI pilots bodyThe Indian Pilots Guild has criticized the preliminary report on the Air India AI171 crash, emphasizing the need for a thorough, fact-drive...
14 Jul, 2025, 09.08 PM IST
Air India Crash: US alert on fuel switch lock in earlier Boeing jets returns as mystery of total engine failure deepensA preliminary report on the Air India crash highlights a potential fuel control switch issue. Data indicates the switches were briefly move...
12 Jul, 2025, 01.29 PM IST
LG drives in infotainment, smart solutions for your carLG Electronics, diversifying into the automotive market, has 2,500 Bengaluru engineers aiding global developments. EV solutions are eyed in...
10 Jul, 2024, 12.14 AM IST
IndiGo pilot temporarily blinded by laser beam moments before landing at Kolkata airportA powerful laser beam intruded the cockpit of an IndiGo flight from Bengaluru to Kolkata, blinding pilots moments before touchdown. The inc...
25 Feb, 2024, 10.52 AM IST
Runway safety concerns in focus as Japan probes Tokyo crashAll 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 escaped after a collision with a De Havilland Dash-8 Coast Guard turboprop that killed f...
03 Jan, 2024, 07.39 AM IST
DGCA slaps Rs 30 lakh fine on IndiGo for four tail strike incidents in six monthsIndia's aviation regulator DGCA on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 30 lakh on IndiGo airline for four tail strike incidents in six months of...
28 Jul, 2023, 03.34 PM IST
Suffer from nausea & headache in electric cars? Here's why it can aggravate motion sicknessAs autonomous, electric and highly digitised vehicles become more commonplace, there are growing concerns about the issue of motion sicknes...
04 May, 2023, 06.32 PM IST
Air France and Airbus face French court over Rio-Paris crashAir France and Airbus face the start of a nine-week manslaughter trial on Monday, 13 years after an A330 jet plunged into the Atlantic kill...
10 Oct, 2022, 02.28 PM IST
On malfunctioning Boeing Max, captain had the flu and copilot was a subIn a submission to the report, Lion Air said it’s unfair to blame the crew.
26 Oct, 2019, 02.46 PM IST
Boeing unveils revamp to deepen safety focus after Max crashesThe company had already rung up $8.3 billion in Max-related expenses through July.
01 Oct, 2019, 06.53 AM IST
Here are the hidden gems of CES 2016At the annual CES tech show in Las Vegas, the usual ones that grab the eyeballs are the phones, laptops, tablets and TVs. ET is bringing so...
09 Jan, 2016, 03.50 AM IST
'Human error causing many accidents involving chopper, planes'There were 30 accidents involving helicopters and other aircraft in which 52 people were killed since 2011, with a large number being cause...
17 Aug, 2014, 12.21 PM IST
A man of contrasts: Remembering Ayrton SennaSenna has, many times over, been hailed as the greatest Grand Prix driver ever—with three world championships, 41 race victories, 65 pole p...
01 May, 2014, 02.20 PM IST
- Pilots missed destination by 150 miles, but how?
A report released late Friday said the pilots passed breathalyzer tests and were apologetic after Wednesday night's amazing odyssey.
24 Oct, 2009, 02.23 PM IST
- Phone-y Airline Law
Issue at hand is that telling passengers to "kindly switch off your mobile phones since they interfere with the navigation equipment on boa...
25 May, 2009, 01.49 AM IST